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Take a Giant Step

Take a Giant Step

1959/12/01 (US) | Drama

From Playground to hunting ground - in a bar!

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A Raisin In The Sun", is the coming-of-age story of a Black high-school student living in a middle-class white neighborhood in the late '50s.

1h 40m

5.2

  • Philip Leacock

    Director

  • Louis S. Peterson

    Screenplay

  • Julius J. Epstein

    Screenplay

Lead Cast

  • Johnny Nash

    Johnny Nash

    Spencer Scott

  • Estelle Hemsley

    Estelle Hemsley

    Grandmother Martin

  • Ruby Dee

    Ruby Dee

    Christine

  • Frederick O'Neal

    Frederick O'Neal

    Lem Scott

  • Beah Richards

    Beah Richards

    May Scott

  • Ellen Holly

    Ellen Holly

    The Girl in the Bar

  • Paulene Myers

    Paulene Myers

    Violet

Budget

$ 300,000

Revenue

$ 0

Status

Released

Production Company

  • Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions

Crews

  • Louis S. Peterson

    Theatre Play

  • Julius J. Epstein

    Producer

  • Russell A. Gausman

    Set Decoration

  • Edward Carrere

    Art Direction

  • Jack Marshall

    Original Music Composer